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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventor:
Sung Kyun Kim, Bedford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an aircraft includes operating the aircraft in a first mode including determining an attitude based on a pilot stick signal, where a translational speed or an attitude of the aircraft is proportional to an amplitude of the pilot stick signal in the first mode; transitioning from the first mode to a second mode when a velocity of the aircraft exceeds a first velocity threshold; and operating the aircraft in the second mode where the output of the rate controller is proportional to the amplitude of the pilot stick signal.